Grand Canyon, Arizona

For my dad's 80th birthday, Chris and I flew mom and dad to Phoenix and drove north to the Grand Canyon. I was amazed by the change in climate the accompanied the change in elevation. We stopped at a meteor crater and some native ruins. At the canyon, we had lots of fun, but most remarkable was the helicopter tour above the canyon rim. On the trip back to Phoenix we spent some time downtown Flagstaff, which seems like a great university town. Near phoenix we explored in the desert off the highway a bit and found a pull-over were people must come to shoot their guns, because the ground was littered with old ammunition.